¹ከዚህም በኋላ ጌታ ሌሎቹን ሰብዓ ሾመ፥ ሁለት ሁለትም አድርጎ እርሱ ሊሄድበት ወዳለው ከተማና ስፍራ ሁሉ በፊቱ ላካቸው።

¹Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come.

²አላቸውም። መከሩስ ብዙ ነው፥ ሠራተኞች ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸው፤ እንግዴህ የመከሩን ጌታ ለመከሩ ሠራተኞች እንዲልክ ለምኑት።

²And he said to them, The harvest indeed [is] great, but the workmen few; supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workmen into his harvest.

³ሂዱ፤ እነሆ፥ እንደ በጎች በተኵላዎች መካከል እልካችኋለሁ።

³Go: behold *I* send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.

⁴ኮረጆም ከረጢትም ጫማም አትያዙ፤ በመንገድም ለማንም እጅ አትንሡ።

⁴Carry neither purse nor scrip nor sandals, and salute no one on the way.

⁵ወደምትገቡበት ቤት ሁሉ አስቀድማችሁ። ሰላም ለዚህ ቤት ይሁን በሉ።

⁵And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace to this house.

⁶በዚያም የሰላም ልጅ ቢኖር፥ ሰላማችሁ ያድርበታል፤ አለዚያም ይመለስላችኋል።

⁶And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but if not it shall turn to you again.

⁷በዚያም ቤት ከእነርሱ ዘንድ ካለው እየበላችሁና እየጠጣችሁ ተቀመጡ፤ ለሠራተኛ ደመወዙ ይገባዋልና። ከቤት ወደ ቤት አትተላለፉ።

⁷And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.

⁸ወደምትገቡባትም ከተማ ሁሉ ቢቀበሉአችሁ፥ ያቀረቡላችሁን ብሉ፤

⁸And into whatsoever city ye may enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you,

⁹በእርስዋም ያሉትን ድውዮችን ፈውሱና። የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ቀረበች በሉአቸው።

⁹and heal the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God is come nigh to you.

¹⁰ነገር ግን ወደምትገቡባት ከተማ ሁሉ ባይቀበሉአችሁ፥ ወደ አደባባይዋ ወጥታችሁ።

¹⁰But into whatsoever city ye may have entered and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

¹¹ከከተማችሁ የተጣበቀብንን ትቢያ እንኳን እናራግፍላችኋለን፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ግን ወደ እናንተ እንደ ቀረበች ይህን እወቁ በሉ።

¹¹Even the dust of your city, which cleaves to us on the feet, do we shake off against you; but know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.

¹²እላችኋለሁ፥ በዚያን ቀን ከዚያች ከተማ ይልቅ ለሰዶም ይቀልላታል።

¹²I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city.

¹³ወዮልሽ ኮራዚን፥ ወዮልሽ ቤተ ሳይዳ፤ በእናንተ የተደረገው ተአምራት በጢሮስና በሲዶና ተደርጎ ቢሆን፥ ማቅ ለብሰው በአመድም ተቀምጠው ከብዙ ጊዜ በፊት ንስሐ በገቡ ነበር።

¹³Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴ነገር ግን በፍርድ ከእናንተ ይልቅ ለጢሮስና ለሲዶና ይቀልላቸዋል።

¹⁴But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

¹⁵አንቺም ቅፍርናሆም፥ እስከ ሰማይ ከፍ አልሽን? ወደ ሲኦል ትወርጃለሽ።

¹⁵And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades.

¹⁶የሚሰማችሁ እኔን ይሰማል፥ እናንተንም የጣለ እኔን ይጥላል፤ እኔንም የጣለ የላከኝን ይጥላል።

¹⁶He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.

¹⁷ሰብዓውም በደስታ ተመልሰው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አጋንንት ስንኳ በስምህ ተገዝተውልናል አሉት።

¹⁷And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us through thy name.

¹⁸እንዲህም አላቸው ሰይጣንን እንደ መብረቅ ከሰማይ ሲወድቅ አየሁ።

¹⁸And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling out of heaven.

¹⁹እነሆ፥ እባቡንና ጊንጡን ትረግጡ ዘንድ፥ በጠላትም ኃይል ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን ሰጥቻችኋለሁ፥ የሚጐዳችሁም ምንም የለም።

¹⁹Behold, I give you the power of treading upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall in anywise injure you.

²⁰ነገር ግን መናፍስት ስለ ተገዙላችሁ በዚህ ደስ አይበላችሁ፥ ስማችሁ ግን በሰማያት ሰለ ተጻፈ ደስ ይበላችሁ።

²⁰Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.

²¹በዚያን ሰዓት ኢየሱስ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ሐሤት አደረገና። የሰማይና የምድር ጌታ አባት ሆይ፥ ይህን ከጥበበኞችና ከአስተዋዮች ሰውረህ ለሕፃናት ስለ ገለጥህላቸው አመሰግናለሁ፤ አዎን አባት ሆይ፥ ፈቃድህ በፊትህ እንዲህ ሆኖአልና።

²¹In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

²²ሁሉ ከአባቴ ዘንድ ተሰጥቶኛል፥ ወልድንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከአብ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም፥ አብንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከወልድ በቀር ወልድም ሊገልጥለት ከሚፈቅድ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም አለ።

²²All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal [him].

²³ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ዘወር ብሎ ለብቻቸው። የምታዩትን የሚያዩ ዓይኖች ብፁዓን ናቸው።

²³And having turned to the disciples privately he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.

²⁴እላችኋለሁና፥ እናንተ የምታዩትን ብዙዎች ነቢያትና ነገሥታት ሊያዩ ወደዱ አላዩምም፥ የምትሰሙትንም ሊሰሙ ወድደው አልሰሙም አለ።

²⁴For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see [them]; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear [them].

²⁵እነሆም፥ አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው ተነሥቶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንድወርስ ምን ላድርግ? አለው።

²⁵And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal?

²⁶እርሱም በሕግ የተጻፈው ምንድር ነው? እንዴትስ ታነባለህ? አለው።

²⁶And he said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

²⁷እርሱም መልሶ። ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹም ነፍስህም በፍጹም ኃይልህም በፍጹም አሳብህም ውደድ፥ ባልንጀራህንም እንደ ራስህ ውደድ አለው።

²⁷But he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thine understanding; and thy neighbour as thyself.

²⁸ኢየሱስም። እውነት መለስህ፤ ይህን አድርግ በሕይወትም ትኖራለህ አለው።

²⁸And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live.

²⁹እርሱ ግን ራሱን ሊያጸድቅ ወድዶ ኢየሱስን። ባልንጀራዬስ ማን ነው? አለው።

²⁹But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

³⁰ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። አንድ ሰው ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ኢያሪኮ ወረደ በወንበዴዎችም እጅ ወደቀ፤ እነርሱም ደግሞ ገፈፉት ደበደቡትም በሕይወትና በሞት መካከልም ትተውት ሄዱ።

³⁰And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into [the hands of] robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state.

³¹ድንገትም አንድ ካህን በዚያ መንገድ ወረደ አይቶትም ገለል ብሎ አለፈ።

³¹And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;

³²እንዲሁም ደግሞ አንድ ሌዋዊ ወደዚያ ስፍራ መጣና አይቶት ገለል ብሎ አለፈ።

³²and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked [at him] and passed on on the opposite side.

³³አንድ ሳምራዊ ግን ሲሄድ ወደ እርሱ መጣ አይቶትም አዘነለት፥

³³But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing [him], was moved with compassion,

³⁴ቀርቦም ዘይትና የወይን ጠጅ በቍስሎቹ ላይ አፍስሶ አሰራቸው፥ በራሱ አህያም ላይ አስቀምጦት ወደ እንግዶች ማደርያ ወሰደው ጠበቀውም።

³⁴and came up [to him] and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and having put him on his own beast, took him to [the] inn and took care of him.

³⁵በማግሥቱም ሁለት ዲናር አውጥቶ ለባለቤቱ ሰጠና። ጠብቀው፥ ከዚህም በላይ የምትከስረውን ሁሉ እኔ ስመለስ እከፍልሃለሁ አለው።

³⁵And on the morrow [as he left], taking out two denarii he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt expend more, *I* will render to thee on my coming back.

³⁶እንግዲህ ከነዚህ ከሦስቱ በወንበዴዎች እጅ ለወደቀው ባልንጀራ የሆነው ማንኛው ይመስልሃል?

³⁶Which [now] of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into [the hands of] the robbers?

³⁷እርሱም። ምሕረት ያደረገለት አለ። ኢየሱስም። ሂድ አንተም እንዲሁ አድርግ አለው።

³⁷And he said, He that shewed him mercy. And Jesus said to him, Go, and do *thou* likewise.

³⁸ሲሄዱም እርሱ ወደ አንዲት መንደር ገባ፤ ማርታ የተባለች አንዲት ሴትም በቤትዋ ተቀበለችው።

³⁸And it came to pass as they went that *he* entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received him into her house.

³⁹ለእርስዋም ማርያም የምትባል እኅት ነበረቻት፥ እርስዋም ደግሞ ቃሉን ልትሰማ በኢየሱስ እግር አጠገብ ተቀምጣ ነበረች።

³⁹And she had a sister called Mary, who also, having sat down at the feet of Jesus was listening to his word.

⁴⁰ማርታ ግን አገልግሎት ስለ በዛባት ባከነች፤ ቀርባም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ እንድሠራ እኅቴ ብቻዬን ስትተወኝ አይገድህምን? እንኪያስ እንድታግዘኝ ንገራት አለችው።

⁴⁰Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

⁴¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ማርታ፥ ማርታ፥ በብዙ ነገር ትጨነቂአለሽ ትታወኪማለሽ፥

⁴¹But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;

⁴²የሚያስፈልገው ግን ጥቂት ወይም አንድ ነገር ነው፤ ማርያምም መልካም ዕድልን መርጣለች ከእርስዋም አይወሰድባትም አላት።

⁴²but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.